5th Grade Promotion

For my 5th grade promotion, as you probably know, Dad came out to Oklahoma to see my Promotion (and ME!) I hadn't planned to wear my dress on the bus, so I told my mom I was just going to take it to school with me and change before the promotion. But she knew Dad was going to surprise me that morning so she coaxed me into getting dressed early, saying she wanted to take pictures of me in it. He took me out to Eggbert's for breakfast and then drove me to school where I found my class way out of order with nervous jitters. We had been practicing the way we were going to do the promotion for a couple days and got better and better each day, so I wasn't really nervous. We met in the cafeteria right before it was time to go in, and we waited until it was time to start. After the promotion, and after changing into more casual clothes, we went to the YMCA (which Dad had volunteered for---awesome!) At the YMCA, and I hadn't planned it that way but one of my friends, a really close friend, had the exact same schedule as I did. The teachers made us sign up to do certain activities at certain times. We had to do all the activities except for swimming, and we signed up for what times we wanted. The parent support group had arranged for certain parents to be at certain places, but that didn't go so well---the parents were kind of all over the place. Being at the YMCA lasted all day and everyone, I doubt there was a single person who didn't, but everyone loved it! They gave us all a membership that lasts a year free and a little key chain to put that membership card on and a little whistle/flashlight thing to keep us safe, which is also attached to the keychain. When we got back to school we did yearbook signing and that took us to the end of the school day. All in all it was a great day---all play and no work!